Directions:

Directions:

Melt chocolate in boiling water. Cool. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add yolks, one at a time, beating well after each. Blend in vanilla and chocolate. Sift flour with soda and salt; add alternately with buttermilk to chocolate mixture beating after each addition until smooth. Fold in beaten whites. Pour into three 8- or 9- inch layer pans, lined on bottoms with paper. Bake at 350º for 30 to 40 minutes. Cool. Frost as desired.

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